*Contemporary Music Research Unit (CMRU) Lecture Series 2016/17**
**Goldsmiths, University of London*

The Contemporary Music Research Unit is pleased to present an invited 
talk by

*David Gorton*

When: Thursday 10 November, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Where: Council Chamber, Deptford Town Hall Building, Goldsmiths, 
University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW (map 
<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.47530&mlon=-0.03849#map=19/51.47530/-0.03849>)
Cost: free / all welcome

https://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=10226

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***Composer David Gorton discusses his latest compositional projects*

In this presentation David Gorton will introduce a selection of his 
compositions, organised around four thematic preoccupations that have 
underpinned his compositional thinking for the last ten years: 
specifically, music and landscape, the use of ‘old’ music, 
microtonality, and composer-performer collaboration. While these themes 
will be presented separately, the compositions associated with them are 
intertwined, suggesting that composition for Gorton is not so much a 
linear or progressive activity but one that is meandering and multifaceted.

DAVID GORTON first came to public attention in 2001 when he was awarded 
the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize. Commissions followed 
for ensembles that include the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Symphony 
Orchestra, Ensemble Exposé, Jane's Minstrels, CHROMA, HERMES, and the 
Kreutzer Quartet. His compositions have been performed throughout Europe 
and America, in China, and in Vietnam, and have been recorded on the 
Métier, Usk, and Toccata Classics labels. Much of his output comprises 
series of works for solo performers with whom he has built a 
collaborative relationship over a period of years, including the 
violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved, cellist Neil Heyde, oboist Christopher 
Redgate, pianists Zubin Kanga and Roderick Chadwick, and guitar player 
Stefan Östersjö. David Gorton was a student at Durham University, King’s 
College London, and the Royal Academy of Music, studying composition 
with Harrison Birtwistle and Simon Bainbridge. From 2004-06 he held a 
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship for a compositionally driven 
project about musical time, structure, and performance. In 2012 he was a 
visiting researcher at the Orpheus Institute in Ghent, and in 2015 was a 
composer in residence at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt 
University. He is a University of London Associate Professor at the 
Royal Academy of Music.

http://www.davidgortonmusic.com/

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Future events:
November 17th: Panos Ghikas (Canterbury Christchurch University)
December 1st: Ian Pace/Michael Finnissy: to include a complete 
performance of Finnissy’s /Verdi Transcriptions/
http://www.gold.ac.uk/cmru/events